Explore the origins of the Italian Renaissance in our new exhibition Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance, 13001350. Unprecedented prosperity, urban expansion, and intellectual innovation in Florence at the time led to a new demand for artistic production throughout the city. Artists like Giotto di Bondone and Pacino di Bonaguida developed new ways of representing the world, and worked in multiple mediums, including paintings, illuminated manuscripts, and stained glass.

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